Rachel Fayter is a 35-year-old single woman currently incarcerated at Grand Valley Institution in Kitchener, Ontario. She has been actively involved in the Walls to Bridges program as a student and collective member since September 2014. Rachel was born in Toronto and moved around often with her parents as a child. She attended Wilfrid Laurier University for over ten years, earning her BA in Psychology in 2004 and her MA in Community Psychology in 2006. She completed most of her coursework for a PhD in Community Psychology prior to her incarceration. Rachel has done extensive work in both community and research settings with troubled children and youth, and homeless adults grappling with mental health issues. Following her release, she hopes to complete her PhD in the same or a related field, as well as continue her work with social activism and community engagement, focusing on advocating for prisoner rights.
